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Recent advent, and significant progress made in the wide-band-gap semiconductor technology offer today a promise for a superior high power phase shifter. More specifically, emerging Gallium Nitrate (GaN) HEMT devices are shown to operate in extreme temperatures (~600C), exhibiting high breakdown voltages (~100V) and high current densities (~1.5A/mm). In order to meet these challenging technical re ...

This proposal will allow systems using an input of one EO target image with a stored feature database of target geometric features (points/lines) to identify the target from the feature pattern in the EO image. A key advantage is that this is done from the imaged target features alone without data on the camera position/orientation relative to the target. The present goal is to develop software mo ...

To mitigate the parasitic characteristics of radio channel, an intelligent RF control plane is desired. Spectrum Management for shipboard wireless modems, consideration for on shore equipment support, emphasis on exiting Wireless LAN protocols (802.11) with consideration for ultra wideband and even IR WLANs, are all required for maximizing radio functionality without having to maximize radio exper ...

The US Navy continues to research and develop advanced automation technologies to reduce the manning required to operate the next generation of combatants, without compromising platform survivability. One of the most manpower-intensive activities is damage control, during which time critical systems are shut down or re-routed to keep the ship operational. Sailors have typically been the only mea ...

Accurate performance prediction is crucial to the simulation, analysis and flight testing support of rotorcraft. In this regard, current analysis tools inadequately model key phenomena like blade dynamic stall, rotor tip loads, and rotor downwash because of their failure to predict the true unsteady three-dimensional nature of the aerodynamic environment near the rotor. Continuum Dynamics, Inc. ...

We propose to develop a novel nano-laminated Fe magnetic core material. With our proprietary technique, we have developed a process to create Fe sheets of hundred nanometers thick. By coating these Fe sheets with a thin insulating layer and subsequent consolidation, we can achieve nano-laminated soft magnetic Fe cores, which is a nano-scale version of the conventional laminated silicon steel cor ...

The inexpensive RPG has caused havoc with US armored vehicles since WWII. Therefore, MSI has conceived of an active protection system that consists of six evenly spaced stationary horizontal gun tubes, able to shoot projectiles containing thousands of tungsten balls toward an RPG firing, as detected by infrared sensors between gun tubes. The frangible ogive that contains the balls is designed to ...

There are immediate needs for fast and cost-effective detection of concealed information or intent in homeline security applications such as border control, critical facility access. Unfortunately, traditional polygraph is not suited for this type of fast screening applications because it requires invasive contacts and extra time to administer. To meet today demand, new modalities have to be studi ...

This SBIR project is proposed to develop a high-temperature and high power density power system based on SiC power modules. The entire system will be designed to operate up to 120C ~ 150C ambient temperature without active cooling and the SiC power modules will be developed for operations at even higher temperature (up to 250C) in case of air-cooling failure. Phase I will be concentrated on (i) de ...

The development and maintenance of large distributed software systems remains a difficult problem. We propose a targeted effort that will improve system management (such as version control / configuration management) while providing system analysis via task scheduling in a self-consistent manner. Although the approach is high-level in that it is targeted at the ability to handle thousands of softw ...